Frankie Trumbauer had one of the most original and modern jazz bands of the 1920s and early 1930s. They were never that successful financially, which led Trumbauer to join other bands to make a buck. Trumbauer’s solo on “Trumbology” is one of the most influential saxophone parts in the history of Jazz. Some of Bix Beiderbecke’s best recordings were with the Trumbauer orchestra.

Bix and Tram were at the peak of their careers on songs like “Singin’ The Blues” and “Riverboat Shuffle.” Many of the finest White Jazz artists of the 1920s like Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden, Venuti and Lang played with the band. Eddie Lang in particular contributed some wonderful guitar parts.

Thanks to Dennis Pereyra, Sergio Furlanetto and Andy Hall for their help with the recordings on this page.

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Eddie Green)	10-25-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40966
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Andy Razaf / Harry Brooks / Fats Waller)	4-27-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7665
Announcer’s Blues (Stokes / Frankie Trumbauer)	1-29-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7629
Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home? (Clarence Williams / Charles Warfield)	3-17-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41286
Baltimore (Jimmy McHugh)	9-28-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40926
Bass Drum Dan (Frankie Trumbauer)	4-10-1931	New York, New York	Columbia 2897-D
Bass Drum Dan (Frankie Trumbauer)	8-17-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 2897-D
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Ted Koehler / Harold Arlen)	10-17-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 2729-D
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Ted Koehler / Harold Arlen)	3-25-1946	New York, New York	Capitol W2138
Bless You! Sister (Al Dubin / J. Russel Robinson)	7-5-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41100
Blue River Vocal Refrain by Seeger Ellis (Alfred Bryan / Joseph E. Meyer)	9-28-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40879
Blue Moon (Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers)	11-20-1934	New York, New York	Victor 24812-A
Borneo (Walter Donaldson)	4-10-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41039
Breakin’ In A Pair Of Shoes (Ned Washington / Dave Franklin / Sammy Stept)	1-29-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7613
Break It Down (Frankie Trumbauer / David D. Rose)	1-12-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick 6763 B-14586-A
Break It Down (Frankie Trumbauer / David D. Rose)	1-12-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick 6763 B-14586-B
Business In Q (Archie Bleyer)	10-17-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 2710-D
Bye Bye Blues (Bert Down / Chauncey Gray / David Bennett / Fred Hamm)	9-8-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41450
China Boy (Dick Winfree / Phil Bouttelje)	2-23-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick 6912 B14848-A
China Boy (Dick Winfree / Phil Bouttelje)	2-23-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick unissued B14848-B
China Boy (Dick Winfree / Phil Bouttelje)	3-25-1946	New York, New York	Capitol T328
Clarinet Marmalade (Larry Shields / Henry Ragas)	2-4-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40772-A
Choo Choo (Frankie Trumbauer / Matty Malneck)	9-8-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41450
Cinderella’s Wedding Day ( Frankie Trumbauer)	10-17-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 2897-D
Crazy Quilt (Andrew Sterling / Paul Van Loan)	9-24-1931	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick 6146 C-7878-A
Crazy Quilt (Andrew Sterling / Paul Van Loan)	9-24-1931	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick A-9110 C-7878-G
Crying All Day (Frankie Trumbauer / Chauncey Morehouse)	10-25-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40966
Deep Harlem (Eddie Condon / Frank Signorelli / Matty Malneck)	5-10-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41431
Diga Diga Doo (From Blackbirds of 1928) (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh)	6-15-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7687 B-19443-1
Diga Diga Doo (From Blackbirds of 1928) (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh)	6-15-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7687 B-19443-2
Don’t Leave Me Daddy (Joe Verges)	1-10-1929	New York, New York	Columbia unissued 147770-3
Down T’ Uncle Bill’s (Johnny Mercer / Hoagy Carmichael)	11-20-1934	New York, New York	Victor 24812-B
Dusky Stevedore (Andy Razaf / J.C. Johnson)	7-5-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41100
Emaline Vocal by Jack Teagarden (Mitchell Parish / Frank Perkins)	2-23-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick 6788
Flight Of The Haybag (Rhythmic Thesaurus) (Frankie Trumbauer)	1-29-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7629
Futuristic Rhythm (A) (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh)	3-8-1929	New York, New York	Okeh unissued
Futuristic Rhythm (B) (Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh)	3-8-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41209
Georgia On My Mind (Stuart Gorrell / Hoagy Carmichael)	9-24-1931	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick 6159
Get Happy (Ted Koehler / Harold Arlen)	5-10-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41431
Gotta Feelin’ For You From the motion picture “Hollywood Revue of 1929” (Jo Trent / Fred Ahlert)	5-21-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41252
Happy Feet (From Motion Picture “King Of Jazz“) (Jack Yellen / Milton Ager)	5-8-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41421
High Up On A Hilltop Vocal refrain by Charles Gaylord (Abel Baer / Richard Whiting / Jimmy Campbell)	1-19-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41128
Hittin’ The Bottle (From “Earl Carroll Vanities”) (Ted Koehler / Harold Arlen)	7-22-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41437
Honeysuckle Rose (Andy Razaf / Fats Waller)	4-10-1931	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick 6093
Honeysuckle Rose (Andy Razaf / Fats Waller)	6-24-1931	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick 6159
Honky Tonk Train Blues Frankie Trumbauer presents Rene Faure (Boogie-Woogie Pianist) (Meade Lux Lewis)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8236 Davis 29-4
How Am I To Know? From Motion Picture “Dynamite” Vocal Refrain by Smith Ballew (Dorothy Parker / Jack King)	9-18-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41301
Humpty Dumpty (Fud Livingston)	9-28-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40926
I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance (Crosby / Washington / Young)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8256
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Vocal Chorus by Jack Teagarden (David Franklin)	2-5-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7613
I Like That (Frankie Trumbauer / Lennie Hayton)	4-30-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41286
I Like To Do Things For You (vocal by Jeannie Lang, pseudonym for Mildred Bailey) (From Motion Picture “King Of Jazz”) (Jack Yellen / Milton Ager)	5-8-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41421
I’m Coming Virginia (Marion Cook / Donald Heywood)	5-13-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40843
I’m Wondering Who (Jo Trent / Peter DeRose / Harry Von Tilzer)	09-30-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40912
In A Mist (Bix Beiderbecke)	2-23-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick 6997
I’m An Old Cowhand (From “Rhythm On The Range”) (Johnny Mercer)	6-15-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7687 B-19442-1
I’m An Old Cowhand (From “Rhythm On The Range”) (Johnny Mercer)	6-15-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7687 B-19442-2
In The Merry Month Of Maybe (Ira Gershwin / Billy Rose / Harry Warren)	9-24-1931	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick 6146 C-7875-A
In The Merry Month Of Maybe (Ira Gershwin / Billy Rose / Harry Warren)	9-24-1931	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick A-9110 C-7875-G
I Think You’re A Honey (Stokes / Rose)	10-17-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 2710-D
I Surrender, Dear (Gordon Clifford / Harry Barris)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8239 Davis 29-5
Jimtown Blues (Fred Rose / Charles Davis)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8223 US-1406-1
Jimtown Blues (Fred Rose / Charles Davis)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8223 US-1406-2
Juba Dance (Nathaniel R. Dett)	1-12-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick 6763
Jubilee (Willard Robinson)	1-9-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41044
Just an Hour of Love (From – “Burlesque” – Musical) (Trent / De Rose / Von Tilzer)	09-30-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40912
Krazy Kat (Tone Poem In Slow Rhythm) (Frankie Trumbauer / Chauncey Morehouse)	9-28-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40903
Lady Be Good (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8269
Little Rock Getaway (Joe Sullivan)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8236
Lila (Archie Gottler / Maceo Pinkard / Charles Tobias)	4-3-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41019
‘Long About Midnight (Irving Mills / Alexander Hill)	2-23-1934	New York, New York	Brunswick 6788
Louise (Theme Song “Innocents Of Paris”) (Leo Robbin / Richard Whiting)	3-17-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41231
Love Ain’t Nothing But The Blues (From Motion Picture “Road Show”) Vocal Refrain by Smith Ballew (Louis Alter / Joe Goodwin / Jo Trent)	9-18-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41301 402963-B
Love Ain’t Nothing But The Blues (From Motion Picture “Road Show”) Vocal Refrain by Smith Ballew (Louis Alter / Joe Goodwin / Jo Trent)	9-18-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41301 402963-C
Love Affairs (Al Dubin / J. Russel Robinson)	9-20-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41145
Love Me Tonight (Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young)	5-25-1932	Chicago, Illinois	Okeh 6351
Manhattan Rag (Hoagy Carmichael)	10-10-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41330 403051-B
Manhattan Rag (Hoagy Carmichael)	10-10-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41330 403051-C
Medley Of Isham Jones Dance Hits – On The Alamo – Swinging Down The Lane – I’ll See You In My Dreams (Gus kahn / Isham Jones)	4-5-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 18002-D
Mississippi Mud (Harry Barris)	1-9-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 40979
My Pet (Jack Yellen / Milton Ager)	4-10-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41039 400604-B
My Pet (Jack Yellen / Milton Ager)	4-10-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41039 400604-C
My Sweeter Than Sweet (From Motion Picture – “Sweetie”) Vocal refrain Smith Ballew (George Marion Jr. / Richard Whiting)	10-19-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41326
National Emblem March (John Phillip Sousa)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8243 Davis 29-3
Never-Never Land Fantasy (Frankie Trumbauer / Leslie)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8243
Nobody But You From the motion picture “Revue of Revues” (Joe Goodwin / Gus Edwards)	5-21-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41252
No One Can Take Your Place (L. Wolfe Gilbert / Frank Signorelli / Matty Malneck)	4-30-1929	New York, New York	Parlophone R-420
No Retard (Frankie Trumbauer)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8215 Davis 22-3
Not On The First Nite Baby (Frankie Trumbauer / Wayne)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8225
Ostrich Walk (Nick LaRocca / Eddie Edwards / Tony Sparbaro / Larry Shields)	5-9-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40822
Our Bungalow Of Dreams (Malie / Newan / Joe Verges)	4-3-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41019
Plantation Moods (David Rose / Frankie Trumbauer)	11-20-1934	New York, New York	Victor 24834-B
Raisin’ The Roof (A) (Jimmy McHugh)	3-8-1929	New York, New York	Okeh unissued
Raisin’ The Roof (D) (Jimmy McHugh)	3-8-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41209
Reaching For Someone (Edgar Leslie / Walter Donaldson)	5-21-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41268
Riverboat Shuffle (Dick Voynow / Irving Mills / Hoagy Carmichael)	5-9-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40822
Sentimental Baby (Jack Palmer)	10-5-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41128
Semper Fidelis (John Phillip Sousa)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8253 Davis 29-8
Singing the Blues (Sam Lewis / Joe Young / Con Conrad / J. Russel Robinson)	2-4-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40772-B
Singing the Blues (take 1) Vocal by Bee Palmer (Sam Lewis / Joe Young / Con Conrad / J. Russel Robinson)	1-10-1929	New York, New York	Columbia unissued 147771-1
Singing the Blues (take 3) Vocal by Bee Palmer (Sam Lewis / Joe Young / Con Conrad / J. Russel Robinson)	1-10-1929	New York, New York	Columbia unissued 147771-3
“Sizzling” One-Step Medley Dinah My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms Nobody’s Sweetheart (various)	4-5-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 18002-D
Shivery Stomp (Segar Ellis)	5-22-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41268
Somebody Loves Me Vocal by Jack Teagarden (Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin)	4-27-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7665
Some Of These Days (Shelton Brooks)	5-25-1932	Chicago, Illinois	Brunswick 6351
Stars And Stripes Forever (John Phillip Sousa)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8253 Davis 22-4
Sugar (Jack Yellen / Milton Ager)	10-26-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40938
Sugarfoot Stomp (Walter Melrose / King Oliver)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8256
Sunny Side Up (Buddy DeSylva / Lew Brown / Ray Henderson)	10-10-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41313
S’Wonderful (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)	4-27-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7663
Take Your Tomorrow (And Give Me Today) (Andy Razaf / J.C. Johnson)	9-20-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 41145
The Laziest Gal In Town Vocal by Freddie Gibson (Cole Porter)	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8223
The Mayor Of Alabam’ (Frankie Trumbauer)	4-27-1936	New York, New York	Brunswick 7663
The Newest St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)	10-17-1932	New York, New York	Columbia 2729-D
Three Blind Mice (Rhythmic Theme In Advanced Harmony) (Frankie Trumbauer / Chauncey Morehouse)	8-25-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40903
There’s A Cradle In Caroline With Vocal Refrain by Seger Ellis (Fred Ahlert / Joseph Young)	8-25-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40879
Troubled (Lorenzo Countee / Frankie Trumbauer)	11-20-1934	New York, New York	Victor 24834-A
Trumbology (Frankie Trumbauer)	2-4-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40871 Parlophone R 3419
Turn On The Heat (Buddy DeSylva / Lew Brown / Ray Henderson)	10-10-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41313 403050-B
Turn On The Heat (Buddy DeSylva / Lew Brown / Ray Henderson)	10-10-1929	New York, New York	Parlophone PNY-41313 403050-C
The Japanese Sandman (Raymond Egan / Richard Whiting)	10-5-1928	New York, New York	Parlophone R-2176
The Love Nest (Otto Harbach / Louis Hirsch)	10-5-1928	New York, New York	Parlophone R-2645
There’ll Come A Time (Wait And See) (Wingy Manone / Miff Mole)	1-9-1928	New York, New York	Okeh 40979
Walkin’ The Dog (Shelton Brooks)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8225 Davis 29-6
Wait Till You See “Ma Cherie” (theme Song “Innocents Of Paris”) (Leo Robbin / Richard Whiting)	3-17-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 41231
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Henry Creamer / J. Turner Layton)	5-13-1927	New York, New York	Okeh 40843
Wearing Of The Green / Irish Washerwoman	2-22-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8215 Davis 22-3
What’s The Use? (Isham Jones / Charles Newman)	7-22-1930	New York, New York	Okeh 41437
What Wouldn’t I Do For That Man? (Yip Harburg / Jay Gorney)	10-19-1929	New York, New York	Okeh 40843
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Ted Koehler / Billy Moll / Harry Barris)	2-23-1940	New York, New York	Varsity 8269 Davis 29-7
You Took Advantage Of Me (Rodgers / Hart)	3-25-1946	New York, New York	Capitol unissued

Artist	Instrument
Smith Ballew	Vocals
Roy Bargy	Piano
Bix Beiderbecke	Piano, Cornet
Benny Bonaccio	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Hoagy Carmichael	Piano, Celeste, Vocals
Fritz Ciccone	Guitar
Bob Conselman	Drums
John Corado	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Bing Crosby	Vocals
Rube Crozier	Alto Saxophone
Bobby Davis	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Kurt Dieterle	Violin
Jimmy Dorsey	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Seger Ellis	Vocals, Piano
Charlie Farrell	Vocals
Izzy Friedman	Clarinet
Jack Fulton	Trombone
Harry Gale	Drums
Dan Gaebe	Bass
Charles Gaylord	Bass
Harry Goldfield	Trumpet
Lennie Hayton	Piano
Chester Hazlett	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Martin Hurt	Vocals
Art Jarret	Vocals
Carl Kress	Guitar
Scrappy Lambert	Vocals
Eddie Lang	Guitar
Jeannie Lang (pseudonym for Mildred Bailey)	Vocals
Min Leibrook	Baritone Saxophone
Fud Livingston	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Margulis	Trumpet
Harold MacDonald	Drums
George Marsh	Drums
Matt Malneck	Violin
Rosy McHargue	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Art Miller	Bass
Jim Miller	Vocals
Chauncey Morehouse	Drums
Don Murray	Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone
Nat Natoli	Trumpet
Herb Quigley	Drums
Snoozer Quinn	Guitar
Bill Rank	Trombone
Adrian Rollini	Bass Saxophone
Dave Rose	Piano
Mischa Russell	Violin
Pee Wee Russell	Clarinet
The Nitecaps – Helen Rowland, Johnny Blake, Johnny Mercer	Vocals
Tom Satterfield	Piano, Celeste
Andy Seacrest	Cornet
Frank Signorelli	Piano
Charles Strickfadden	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Noel Taylor	Vocals
Charlie Teagarden	Trumpet
Jack Teagarden	Trombone
John Tobin	Banjo
Frankie Trumbauer	C-Melody Saxophone, Vocals, Cornet, Clarinet
Joe Venuti	Violin

Tram: The Frank Trambauer Story by Philip R. Evans and Larry F. Kiner with William Trumbauer, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers and Scarecrow Press Inc., 1994